At Aubrey's 4-month check-up, the doctor said anytime between 4 and 6 months, we could start feeding Aubrey cereal. By 6 months she should be eating solids as a meal, but these first 2 months, it's been mainly practice to get her used to eating from a spoon. Without a highchair, this has been difficult and short-lived. We tried putting her in her Bumbo chair, but she would fling her head back. Then either Matt and I would hold her and she would wiggle, turn her head, or fling her arms and legs, usually knocking the bowl from our hands and that would be the end of that meal. This weekend, we bought Aubrey a highchair. It's pretty neat. The seat slides up and down to adjust to different heights, it reclines, it rolls, and it folds up pretty flat. I am starting to see the baby industry as the wedding industry-lots of must-have products that you may not really need or you may not get as much from them as you thought you would, but I think this high chair will be around for the long haul. The box says we should be able to use it until she's 36 months! I think that's longer than any of the current baby products we are using except for her funiture. Here are a few pictures of Aubrey in her new chair. She looks so tiny in it, but she can't fling her head back anymore, and she did much better eating this weekend. Fruits and veggies, here we come!
